Lap-ring



(No Model) T. N. PULLIAM.

LAP RING.

No. 370,084. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS N. PULLlAM, OF NEW EDINBURG, ARKANSAS.

LAP-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,084, datedSeptember 20, 1887.

Application filed July 27, l8'n7. Serial No. 245,462.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS N. PULLIAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Edinburg, in the county of Cleveland and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lap-Rings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement inlap-rings;anditconsistsintheconstructionand arrangement of the partsthereof, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicatesimilar parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved lapring. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the ring with the two portions thereof shownseparated and opened to one side.

A and A indicate the two sections of the ring, which, as shown, areformed of an elliptical contour; but it is obvious that any suitableconfiguration is readily adapted to accomplish the same result. The oneside of each of the sections is formed with an opening, a, which arereversel y situated when the two sections are united, as shown in thedrawings.

The two sections A and A are pivotally connected by a headed bolt, a,passing through said sections, and secured in connection therewith byanut, a, mounted over the end thereof. Diagonally across from the bolt aanother bolt, a is mounted in permanent engagement with thesection A,and adapted to be removably connected to the section A. This bolt to isof an ordinary form of bolt, but is constructed with a T-head, a", whichis adapted to pass through an elongated slot, a formed in the section A.The outer opening of the slot a corresponds with a transverse groove, a.The round portion of the bolt 01. is passed through the section A and anut, a, secured on the end thereof, through the medium of which and ofthe T-head c the said bolt is held in permanent engagement with thesection A.

To open and close my improved form of lapring, the operation is asfollows: To open the (N0 model.)

two sections for the insertion of any suitable attachment connection,the T-head a of the bolt a is turned in such manner as to cause analignment thereof with the slot a and is pressed through said slot.- Thetwo sections A and A are then turned away from each other, as shown inFig. 3, when the insertion of the attachment connection may be readilyaccomplished. WVhen the two sections are closed, the T-head a of thebolt a is shoved through the slot u until the said head clears its outeropening, when it is then turned at right angles in the groove a, andthus secures the two sections together.

The engagement faces of each of the sections are of a flattenedconstruction, whereby when the two sections are united a tighterjoint isformed, which tends to continue the curvature of the reverse faces andmake the ring have a rounded appearance.

The novelty and utility of my improved lapring being obviously apparentand appreciable, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the sameherein.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new is l. Thecombination, with the two pivoted sections A and A, constructed andarranged as set forth, andthesection A, having slot a, of the bolt a,having a head, a, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the two sections A and A, havingreversely-arranged openings a, the stationary pivot-bolt a, and the boltto in permanent connection with the section A, and having a head adaptedto engagewith a slot in the section A, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the section A, of the section A, pivotallyconnected thereto, and having an elongated slot, a and a transversegroove, a, and the bolt a in section A, having a head, a", substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS N. PULLIAM.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. L. BREATHWIT, E. P. 1VIARKS.

